Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Nicholetts
First Names
Gilbert
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
29th Regt. Bombay Native Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR15
Died / Killed / KIA
18 Jun 1879 / 18 Jul 1879
Source abbrevs
SM339 / SB146 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Nicholetts, Lt. Col. Gilbert, Bo.S.C., Commandant 29th Regt. Bombay N.I., 2nd Belooch Regt., MR9, d. Khokeran 18 June 1879, SM339, SB146, d. cholera near Kandahar 18 July 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 657; d. Khokeran July 1879, MR15; photo Shadbolt, pl. XI
Transcriber remarks
[Bo SC] Bombay Staff Corps / [d] died. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881.
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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